Born December 20, 1949 in Brenham, TX, Copper was selected by Boston in
the 1968 draft and made his Major League debut with the Red Sox in 1971.
He was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers prior to the 1977 season. A
five-time All-Star with the Brewers, Cooper played in 1,490 games for
Milwaukee and finished his 11-year Brewer career with a .302 average,
201 home runs and 944 RBIs. He hit .300 or better from 1977 to 1983.
Cooper was named the Brewers' Team MVP in 1980, 1982, and 1983 and
helped the Brewers win the American League Pennant in 1982. He was a
two-time Gold Glove winner and a three-time Silver Slugger Award winner.
In his 17-season Major League career with Boston and Milwaukee, Cooper
played in a total of 1,896 games posting a .298 lifetime batting average
with 241 home runs and 1,125 runs batted-in.

Inducted 2007

The marker is located at the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena, and is accessible from southbound
North 4th Street, between West State Street (to the north) and West
Kilbourn Avenue (to the south), at or near 400 West Kilbourn Avenue,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203.

Inductees
honored at this site are members of the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame
(established 1951). The Wisconsin Athletic Walk of Fame is a joint
property of Wisconsin Sports Development Corporation and Wisconsin
Center District.

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Comments from Visitors

Thank you so much for visiting, documenting, photographing and sharing our historic markers! This is truly an honor and it is much appreciated. Jim SchuhChippewa County Historical Society

I just discovered your site and have been using it in my fourth grade summer school class in Viroqua, WI. We learned about Wisconsin throughout the year and are spending some time during summer school reading and talking about the history of Viroqua. We plan to take a walking trip to the Pioneer Cemetery and Lucy Stone marker. Thank you for all of your information!Kimberly (Brye) Cade

Hi, I really love your historic marker site a lot, I write a travel blog and I get pictures of these markers to assist in my writing about each town. I went to the Dean House in January for their monthly tour. Here is a link.

Very nice blog post. I certainly love this site. Keep it up!AnonymousThank you for posting this! I am Russ & Grace's grand-daughter & very happy they helped preserve this little slice of Soo Line history for future generations! Awesome website. Thanks for your work!Lillian Ferrall

Thanks for writing about your experiences! This is such a unique and wonderful way to share the history of our wonderful Wisconsin!tessalynn